Millbrae News - Candidate Wayne Lee

During November 22, 2013 former council member and current candidate Wayne Lee invited Vice Secretary Guoxiong Zhong who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party to his coronation installation as Mayor on December 10, 2013. This is on the heels of the former City Manager Marcia Raines traveling to Kaiping, China among other destinations in her official capacity as City Manager both facilitated and implicitly approved by Wayne.

I am concerned about the extent of former council member and mayor Wayne Lee's "international activities" and especially the level of priority it took during his mayoral term of 2014 and 2019. We can clearly see the agenda and uptick in sister cities and friendly cities activities pushed out fast and furious. "Mayor Lee thanked the Vice Mayor for going on this trip to showcase the City, and stated that Millbrae is in competition with these other cities for money from China and that it is critical to make these connections with China. He also stated that Millbrae is in the process of making these connections and establishing a local trade office." https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument?id=5997 Mayor Wayne Lee spent taxpayer money this study "Evaluation of the Potential for International-Serving Retail in Millbrae" which resulted in absolutely nothing but consultants getting paid for a document that was barely used for anything! Where is our international retail 7 years later? https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/14451/636537050779200000 2009 Leland Yee (yes, that Leland Yee) expresses support for Kai Ping, China at a Millbrae City Council meeting personally. https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/1412/635829382978030000 2010 Friendship City Kaiping https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=20576 The Taiwan Sister Project led by Peter Yeh - never materialized. Wonder why? Is it because we have a preponderance of PRC friendly relationships versus ROC? https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=2459 2012 Invitation to China Consulate General Gao's home for Sister City Commission https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=3560 2013 2014 Friendship City of Taishan Friendship City of Zhongshan https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/20566/636933588434470000 https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=20568 September 9, 2014 "Councilmember colapietro inquired as to why form another relationship with a city in China..." https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=12768 2019 Friendship City of Hengyang Friendship City with Dongguan Friendship City with Suizhou https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/21708/637069263308000000 https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/21112/636991487697730000 September 10, 2019 "Millbrae resident voiced concerns on the private event involving the Chinese flag raising today at a public facility" https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=21539 September 23, 2019 "Wilson of the Dongguan Entrepreneurs Federation, Margaret Fung, and Anders Fung of the Millbrae Planning Commission presented information about Dongguan, China and the benefits of a potential Friendship City relationship." https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=21736
Why Candidate Wayne Lee Support Kevin Mullin? “The position is very related to all of us on all levels, including the US and China relationship,” said Lee.” https://windnewspaper.com/article/chinese-community-supports-kevin-mullin-running-for-congress-with-fundraisers

How will Wayne Lee have attention for "District 2" when his attention is 100% thousands of miles away from home?

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